A scene where criminals gamble from the movie ‘Money Plane,’ set on the titular airplane.
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I Had A Good Time As ‘Money Plane’ Crashed

This low-budget action movie has a lot going for it — like its 82-minute running time

John DeVore
Published in
5 min readJul 11, 2020

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The first thing you should know about the newborn bargain-basement action movie Money Plane is that Kelsey Grammar plays the main villain, a cigar-chomping bad guy named Darius Emmanuel Grouch III a.k.a “The Rumble.”

He calls himself “the baddest motherfucker on the planet.”

What? Exactly. Don’t worry about it. If you’ve ever wanted to see Kelsey Grammer unleashed, then buy a first-class ticket on Money Plane.

The former TV mega-star of sitcom classic Fraisier gives Money Plane his all. He leaves everything there on the screen. The man is a consummate professional who earned whatever the producers paid him. That is an important thing to know before checking out a movie that announces its plot in the title.

I guess it also doesn’t hurt to know that Grouch wants to take down the infamous “money plane.” So he manipulates the best into doing his bidding but the best frequently have their own plans, which is why they’re the best.

The best include a smart computer dude and a drive fast guy and an attractive lady who is good at killing.

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John DeVore

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